India coronavirus tally crosses 81-lakh mark with 48,648 new COVID-19 infections

New Delhi: Coronavirus cases in India crossed 81-lakh mark on Saturday (October 31, 2020)  with 48,648 fresh COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours. As per the Ministry of health data, India's COVID-19 caseload surged to 81,37,119, while the number of recoveries crossed the 74-lakh mark, pushing the recovery rate to 91.34 per cent.

The country's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 1,21,641 with 551 new fatalities, as per the Ministry of Health data. The case fatality rate has dropped to 1.49 per cent.

The number of active COVID-19 cases remained below 6 lakh for the second consecutive day.

The total coronavirus cases in India include 5,82,649 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, which comprise 7.16 per cent of the total caseload.

The 551 new fatalities include 127 from Maharashtra, 59 from West Bengal, 49 each from Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, 47 from Delhi and 38 from Tamil Nadu.

Here's the state-wise tally of COVID-19 cases across India:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	182	10	4076	22	59
2	Andhra Pradesh	25514	754	788375	3623	6676	17
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1938	70	12777	154	37
4	Assam	10421	717	194668	1094	926	3
5	Bihar	7897	161	206346	1238	1084	8
6	Chandigarh	657	8	13469	67	225
7	Chhattisgarh	22350	19	160918	1650	2038	49
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	49		3197	5	2
9	Delhi	32363	1411	342811	4433	6470	47
10	Goa	2405	31	40409	241	602	5
11	Gujarat	13168	64	154968	1027	3711	6
12	Haryana	11851	460	151839	1179	1777	11
13	Himachal Pradesh	2891	123	18595	193	312	6
14	Jammu and Kashmir	6835	93	86024	654	1471	5
15	Jharkhand	5196	98	95208	421	883
16	Karnataka	59518	4981	749740	8521	11140	49
17	Kerala	90671	1218	332994	7828	1457	28
18	Ladakh	627		5493	55	74
19	Madhya Pradesh	9294	395	158455	1074	2941	12
20	Maharashtra	125971	2178	1503050	8241	43837	127
21	Manipur	4303	5	13805	222	164	4
22	Meghalaya	1170	156	8125	235	87
23	Mizoram	437	2	2284	26	1
24	Nagaland	1598	165	7308	212	39	4
25	Odisha	13500	264	273838	1800	1308	11
26	Puducherry	3739	19	30577	128	592
27	Punjab	4101	165	124870	577	4187	19
28	Rajasthan	15251	303	178064	2087	1898	10
29	Sikkim	254	14	3591	33	68	1
30	Tamil Nadu	23532	1354	687388	3924	11091	38
31	Telengana	18409	47	218887	1486	1336	6
32	Tripura	1493	87	28878	141	346
33	Uttarakhand	3634	89	57270	258	1011	2
34	Uttar Pradesh	24431	427	448644	2590	7007	24
35	West Bengal	36999	95	325888	4015	6784	59
Total#		582649	11737	7432829	59454	121641	551

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.

It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28,?70 lakh on October 11 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 10,87,96,064 samples had been tested for COVID-19 till October 30. Of these, 10,67,976 samples were tested on Friday.

Of the total 1,21,641 deaths reported so far in the country, 43,837 are from Maharashtra, followed by 11,140 from Karnataka, 11,091 from Tamil Nadu, 7,007 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,784 from West Bengal, 6,676 from Andhra Pradesh, 6,470 from Delhi, 4,187 from Punjab and 3,711 from Gujarat.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.